Disney Princess Half Marathon Costumes

Disney Princess Half Marathon Finish Line costumes

The main concern when planning a Disney Princess Half Marathon costume SHOULD BE how you feel running/walking in it – 13.1 miles requires a lot of movement regardless of how fast you’re going.

So we tried to look as similar to our inspirational princess, without the costume becoming too cumbersome.

Stef and I both wanted to be Belle, but then I realized that my hair was most like Pocahontas and always braided when I run. I was pretty excited to dress up as the only princess who could actually run a marathon…

Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest….

These 2 tutorials provided the most inspiration. And I realize that Pocahontas doesn’t wear a tutu, but this is the Disney Princess Half Marathon, and you need to wear a tutu or why would you run it at all??

I started with this long sleeve tshirt from Walmart. I knew I could use the long sleeves for the fringe, and I chopped them off!

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One of the tutorials mentioned that the fringe would curl since it was knit… and to avoid that problem, I just ironed on some thin interfacing to the back.

I sewed the strips of sleeves onto the tshirt BEFORE cutting it into fringe. I thought I took more pictures of this, but it was after midnight and it looks like I forgot…

Then I took in the sides a little bit because it was too big.

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late night snapchats after i finished the top

I knew I would need to wear a real running shirt underneath the costume top, because wearing cotton for 13 miles is not fun. I just threw on a black tank first to solve that problem!

On the day of the race, I added a blue ribbon for the necklace and drew the orange band on my arm.

disney princess half marathon pocahontas running costume

Stef found a “running tiara” at the Disney Princess Expo to complete her look, instead of the gold headband below. The gold gloves are from Party City.
Finding a yellow running shirt that isn’t NEON is surprisingly difficult, but this one is from TJMaxx.

Both tutus are from Party City – mine is gold, stef’s is yellow.

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Hope these costumes give you some ideas for your own Disney Princess Half Marathon running costumes! We’re already planning our group costume for next year!

 

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